Oakland: Second fatal California Highway Patrol shooting in less than 24 hours

Police investigate the scene of a California Highway Patrol officer-involved shooting on the 5200 Block of Wentworth Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. A suspect was shot by a CHP officer around 9 p.m. Tuesday in an incident that also left a police dog wounded by gunfire, the second shooting of the day involving the CHP. A BART sergeant earlier in the day shot and killed his partner in a friendly fire incident. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND -- A man was fatally shot Tuesday night by California Highway Patrol officers after running from an SUV holding a gun, authorities said Wednesday. He was the second person to be fatally shot by CHP officers on Tuesday.

A CHP canine was also hit by gunfire but is expected to recover.

The man was a passenger in a Toyota SUV that fled the scene. The car and the driver were being sought Wednesday.

The slain man's name has not been released, but he is believed to be an Oakland resident.

Oakland police, who are heading the investigation, said two CHP officers, whose names have not been released, made a traffic enforcement stop on the SUV about 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 5200 block of Wentworth Avenue, which is south of Bancroft Avenue. Police said the vehicle did not have valid license plates.

A California Highway Patrol cruiser leaves the scene after an officer-involved shooting on the 5200 Block of Wentworth Avenue in Oakland on Jan. 21, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Staff)

The passenger ran from the SUV carrying a handgun, Officer Johnna Watson said. The CHP dog began chasing the man and the officers began shooting at him.

Both the man and dog were hit by gunfire. Police did not release if the man fired at the officers or who wounded the dog.

A loaded gun was recovered from the man, Watson said.

While the CHP officers were giving first aid to the man, the SUV drove off. Police believe there may have been other occupants besides the driver.

The SUV is silver, and it had paper plates that were red and white.

Anyone with information about the vehicle and its occupants is asked to call police at 510-238-3821.

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The shooting is being investigated by the Oakland police homicide section, the CHP and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.

At about 3 a.m. Tuesday, two CHP officers shot and killed a 19-year-old man after he ran from a stolen SUV holding a gun, authorities said. He has been identified as Antonio Mestas of Oakland.

The officers pursued the vehicle, which they did not know at the time had been stolen, from the area of High Street and Interstate 580 when it failed to stop for the officers, who were going to cite the driver for not having license plates.

The chase went to a cul-de-sac in the 5700 block of East 15th Street, where the SUV hit two parked vehicles, and Mestas fled holding a loaded pistol in his hand, authorities said. Both officers shot at him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.